Roomful of Teeth and Allison Loggins Hull, Flute/Electronics

Description

Friction is a genre-breaking sound world brought to life in this Vermont premiere by composer and flutist Allison Loggins-Hull, in collaboration with the two-time GRAMMY-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth. This debut collaboration weaves a striking tapestry of songs, composed by Loggins-Hull, delving into the intricate dance between the forces that shape us. Those forces—our influences, inheritances, relationships—like friction itself, generate both light and heat, and have the capacity to reveal our greatest strengths and most closely held flaws.

The songs of Friction are deeply personal and unapologetically vulnerable. With texts drawn as messages to and from the composer’s past and future selves, the music is entrancing in its marriage of intimate chamber singing and modern music production. Here, the lines between acoustic and electronic blur and bend, to capture through music the entanglement of joy and anxiety that every person experiences.

Approximate running time: 100 minutes including one intermission.

About the Artists:
Roomful of Teeth is a two-time GRAMMY Award-winning ensemble dedicated to the performance of new works for eight amplified voices. Through collaboration, commissioning, and new technologies, they seek to reimagine the expressive potential of the human voice. Learn more about Roomful of Teeth: https://www.roomfulofteeth.org/

Celebrated as a musical “powerhouse” (The Washington Post), Allison Loggins-Hull is a composer, flutist, and producer whose work defies genre, from symphonic music to film scores, chamber, and electronic music. Her signature style of composing for orchestra is characterized by unique sonic effects that echo contemporary music production techniques. Her works are profoundly influenced by Black American music, creating a vibrant and kaleidoscopic sonic palette. She is Resident Artistic Partner to the New Jersey Symphony, after serving three years as the Lewis Composer Fellow with the Cleveland Orchestra. Learn more about Allison Loggins-Hull: https://allisonloggins.com/

Program:
Roomful of Teeth (Middlebury personnel TBA) Allison Loggins-Hall, Flute and Electronics

ALLISON LOGGINS-HULL Friction for eight amplified voices, flute, and electronics (VT Premiere)
Additional works TBA

Sponsored by the Performing Arts Series, the Committee on the Arts, the Music Accord commissioning consortium, and the Rothrock Family Residency Fund.